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No. 540,575. Patented' June 4, 1895.

WITNESSES ATTO R N EYS.

NTTED STATES PATENT Farce.

EDWIN H. BROWN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PICTURE-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,575, dated .T une4, 1895.

Application iiled December 13, 1894. Serial No. 531,654 me model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN H. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in the Art of Securing Pictures toMedallions and other Articles, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to secure pictures or other delineationsor ornaments to such articles as medallions, lockets and other objectsin a tasty and durable manner and the invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction set forth in the following specification andclaims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is aface View of a medallion with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section along a'Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional View of a modification.

In the drawings-the letter A indicates a ring or bezel having threegrooves or corrugations B O G. A glass or crystal E is snapped or heldin groove G. A picture or a sheet, glass or plate H provided with apicture is held in groove B. The picture may be replaced by a letter,delineation or ornamentation of any desired kind. The tone D is alsoshown held in groove B. This tone may be a sheet or plate of milk glassor other substance of the desired coloration or shade to produce a giveneffect. A background F is shown held in groove G. This background isgenerally a sheet or plate of dark coloration, but it may be black orlighter as seen fit.

The glass or crystal E being separate from the picture or from the sheetor disk H carrying the picture, a break or injury of the glass E alonewill not affect the picture.

The bezel A is shown in a frame or ring I. In Fig. 2 the bezel A isshown with a convex outer edge or rim, and the ring I nas a concaveinner face adapted to fit said convex edge, so that the bezel A can befirmly seated or snapped into frame I.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the bezel or ring A has its outeredge provided with a rim or flange, the frame I being formed with ashoulder K at its inner edge to it the rimmed edge of the bezel.

The bezel .can be firmly secured in the frame by a screw L which whenturned home will engage or secure the bezel. The screw L by being housedin the stem M will not cause any unsightliness.

The ring N can be used to suspend the locket in the usual Way.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A ring provided with a picture or representation, in combination witha frame adapted to surround the ring and having a screwfor engaging thering, substantially as del EDWIN II. BROWN.

Vitnesses:

WM. C. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

